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“That’s why expert opinion ends up being very important here,” said Expert Panel Co-Chair Angela DeMichele, MD, MSCE, FASCO, of Penn Medicine. “We don’t have data on optimal sequencing in the first, second, and third line, and we don’t have data on head-to-head comparison for drugs that are targeting PIK3CA pathway alterations. That’s where an expert guideline comes in—when you don’t have that kind of feedback.”

Data shows that cases of inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer are on the rise. At the same time, social media is inundated with ads and influencers touting products that promise to boost what’s broadly called “gut health.” How do we separate the facts from the fads? Dr. Shazia Siddique, an assistant professor of gastroenterology at the University of Pennsylvania, joins John Yang to discuss.

New research from Joel Gelfand, MD, the James J. Leyden, M.D. Endowed Professor in Clinical Investigation and director of the Psoriasis and Phototherapy Treatment Center, revealed that home-based phototherapy is on par with in-clinic phototherapy for individuals with plaque psoriasis or guttate psoriasis. “Many patients want to try phototherapy for psoriasis and want to try it at home,” said Gelfand.

Peter Merkel, MD, MPH, a professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and chief of Rheumatology, discussed the significant challenges in this field and expressed optimism for the future during the Cell Therapy for Autoimmune Disease Summit.

On the latest episode of Last Week Tonight (aired Sunday, 12/3/23), John Oliver discussed the topic of Organ and Body Donations and cited research by a senior scholar of the CCEB: Dr. Vishnu Potluri. Click to view the segment from the episode.

Angela DeMichele, MD and her team have recently received a $10 million grant to expand their work on how to prevent breast cancer recurrence, which is often fatal.